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Utah search and rescue team on high alert after Okla. tornado
An elite search and rescue team in Utah was put on alert this week after a tornado blew through Oklahoma on Monday.
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Preliminary hearing set for Utah man accused of killing 6-year-old girl
West Jordan A More than a year after the body of 6-year-old Sierra Newbold was found in a West Jordan canal, prosecutors will present evidence in court against the man accused of raping and killing the little girl.
Yesterday | Salt Lake Tribune
Wife: Man shot by West Valley City cops "didn't have the guts" to kill himself
The wife of a man who allegedly prompted a shooting inside the West Valley City Police Department lobby in April told detectives her husband went to the police department with an unloaded handgun because he wanted "someone to kill him because he didn't have the guts to do it himself." James Kammeyer, who was wounded but not killed, has been charged ... (more)
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Finding Multiculturalism in a Utah Thrift Store
So since June 25th, 2012 , I've been working at the LDS Church-owned second-hand thrift store Deseret Industries as a large item and clothes associate, as well as a cashier.
West Jordan City Council to discuss full-time pay for mayor
On Wednesday, the West Jordan City Council will discuss changing the mayor's position from part-time to full-time without changing the city's current form of government.
On April 30, Michaela Kerby and Brittney Marriott disappeared from their West Jordan, Utah homes.
Comment sought on green waste recycling plan
Curbside green-waste recycling is scheduled to begin next year on a subscription basis in Salt Lake Valley communities served by the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District .
West Jordan man pleads guilty to falsely advertising, selling Viagra-like drug
A West Jordan man charged with selling a Viagra-like drug as a natural supplement has pleaded guilty to charges in two separate federal indictments.
WWII 'Memphis Belle' B-17 bomber offering rides
A rare piece of World War II history is in West Jordan for a week. One of the remaining 13 flyable B-17 bombers is at the South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan.
B-17 Flying Fortress visits Utah for Learn to Fly Day
West Jordan a As 88-year-old World War II veteran Paul Sersland got off the historic B-17 bomber Monday at the South Valley Regional Airport, he bent over and kissed the ground.
Empty UTA garages monuments to waste, or wise investments?
West Jordan a On a recent weekday just before 5 p.m. - when you'd expect them to be most crowded before homeward-bound commuters start arriving - two large garages at the Jordan Valley TRAX station sit mostly empty.
West Jordan introduces new domestic violence resource center
The West Jordan Community Resource Center opened its doors Monday at City Hall in an effort to provide domestic violence outreach.
Two-alarm blaze heavily damages W. Jordan home
Residents escaped unharmed from the fire at 7529 S. 4950 West, but the flames, smoke and subsequent water damage to the house, its attached garage and two vehicles parked inside reportedly approached $200,000. Public safety dispatchers say the first alarm came at 4:17 a.m. and arriving West Jordan fire crews called a second alarm upon arrival, ... (more)
Schools ill-equipped to respond to teen dating violence
Katie Burke and her husband, Gregory Burke, have been happily married for three years.
Your town in brief: Kids, prepare to sing and dance
On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14-15, from 5 to 9 p.m., children 7 and older are invited to try out for roles in Merrill Osmond's Youth Pioneer Pageant, a musical celebration that runs July 22-24. Auditions will be at Concordia Preparatory School, 12723 S. Park Ave., Riverton.
Mountain America Credit Union Begins Accepting Mortgage Applications Online
West Valley chief confident department will be OK, but knows it's not out of woods yet
"We did see this coming. We already knew that there were issues and problems because of the internal audits and the things that we do to police our own department," the interim chief of the embattled West Valley Police Department told the Deseret News Wednesday.
Utah's horse world - barrel races, jumping and an all-breed show
Car crashes into gas pump; employee praised for quick action
Police are praising a gas station employee who likely kept a scary situation from becoming much worse after a traffic accident ignited a gas pump.